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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3091932, member: 84744&quot;]The works of art on the best Hellenistic tetradrachms are hard to beat, I&#039;ll admit:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]780362[/ATTACH] </p><p>Rhodes, tetradrachm, 205-190 BCE, Signed by die engraver &quot;Danaos&quot;. Price 2513.</p><p><br /></p><p>But let&#039;s not neglect the tiny coins too.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a hemiobol from Kasolaba in Caria that I&#039;m rather fond of, and [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] has the most incredible obol I&#039;ve ever seen, every bit as impressive as the tets.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]780372[/ATTACH] </p><p>8mm, 0.43g, 400-340 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>The Republic could hold its own:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]780384[/ATTACH] </p><p>Plautius Plancus c. 47 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>And first and second century Rome is hard to beat for artistic realism in portraiture:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]780377[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]780380[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]780382[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]780383[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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